Obituaries
Suzanne F. Robinson
Feb 2, 2015
.Suzanne Robinson Suzanne Robinson passed away at home surrounded by her family which meant everything to her. She was born in Tunkhannock and also lived in Arizona, Colorado and Virginia. While in Arizona she ran an interactive murder mystery theater company, and came back to Pennsylvania to start another in the Poconos. She really loved to entertain and make people...
Mildred Smith
Jan 31, 2015
Mildred Smith, 98, of Glenburn Twp., died Saturday evening at Abington Manor Nursing Facility in S. Abington Twp. She was the wife of the late Ralph Smith, who died in 1992. Born in Old Forge, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Margaret Davis Bedell. Prior to her retirement she was a telephone operator for Bell Telephone. Mildred...
Madelyn "Madge" Mayer Purcell
Jan 30, 2015
Madelyn (Madge) Mayer Purcell of Clarks Summit passed away peacefully Friday at the Allied Skilled Nursing Facility surrounded by her children. Born in Scranton, Madelyn was the daughter of the late Robert and Mary McLaughin Mayer. Prior to retirement, she was the executive assistant to the CFO of the Community Medical Center for more than 29 years. Prior to her...
Charles Fargo
Jan 30, 2015
Charles Stanley Fargo Jr. 87, of Tunkhannock passed away peacefully at home on Friday January 30 with his family. Born in Tunkhannock, on November 5, 1927 son of the late Charles Sr. and Beatrice Puterbaugh Fargo. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Betty Shiffer Fargo. Stan, was a Navy Veteran of World War II and also a...
Marji Erickson
Jan 30, 2015
Marji Erickson, Clarks Summit died Friday morning at the Hospice of the Sacred Heart in Dunmore. Her husband is Peter Erickson and the couple had been married for over 50 years. Born in West Scranton she was the daughter of the late Armand and Mary Pizzo Fiorani. Prior to her retirement she worked in the business office for Bell Telephone...
Lucinda Ann Quinn
Jan 29, 2015
Lucinda Ann Quinn, 83, of Scott Twp., Pa, died peacefully the evening of January 29, 2015 at the Abington Manor Nursing Facility, S. Abington Twp. Her husband is Joseph Patrick Quinn. The couple had been married for more than 65 years. Born in Kendallville, Indiana, she was the daughter of the late Harrison H. and Geraldine Egolf Shreve. She was...
Dolores G. Bray
Jan 26, 2015
Dolores G. Merkel Bray, age 99, currently of Parkhouse Providence Point, Royersford, PA and a longtime resident of Mill City, PA, died Monday, January 26, 2015. She was the widow of George J. Leuthe, Sr. who died in 1956, and Ezra W. Bray who died in 1998. Dolores, daughter of the late Lawrence and Clara Claus Merkel, was born in...
Marjorie G. Poehlman
Jan 25, 2015
Marjorie Gertrude Poehlman of Clarks Summit died Sunday evening January 25, at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital in Wellsboro, PA. She had relocated to Wellsboro to be closer to her daughter and family after the death of her husband . Born in Sandy Cove, Newfoundland, Canada, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Sophie White. Prior to...
Donald Evans Northup
Jan 25, 2015
Donald Evans Northup, 76 of Bryan, Texas, died Sunday January 25, 2015 at St. Joseph Hospital in Bryan TX after an illness. He was born in Scranton PA on August 12, 1938 to Maurice Edson Northup and Alvira Evans Northup. Donald graduated from Lackawanna Trail High School and Keystone Junior College. He enlisted in The United States Army and served...
Francis J. Wildonger
Jan 24, 2015
Francis J. Wildonger 52, of Tunkhannock died Saturday January 24th after several battles with cancer. He is survived by his wife of 27 years Eva Gombos Wildonger. He was born in Philadelphia on October 5, 1962 son of Marie Schloesser Wildonger, of Tunkhannock and the late James Wildonger. He was preceded in death by his sister Debbie and son Francis....
Virginia Lefoy Cyphers Wright
Jan 24, 2015
Virginia LeFoy Cyphers Wright, 101, died Saturday morning at Masonic Village in Elizabethtown Pa. She was the wife of the late Bernard K. Wright. Born in Valentine Nebraska, she was the daughter of the late Mark DeWitt and Charlotte Barron Cyphers. Virginia moved to the Clarks Summit area in 1944. She was a member of Juanita Chapter #8, Order of...
Samuel "Sam" Buranich
Jan 22, 2015
Samuel "Sam" Buranich, 88, of Newton Twp., died Thursday morning at VNA Hospice Unit at Community Medical Center in Scranton. He was surrounded by his loving family. His wife is the former Marie Ann Potkulski. The couple had been married for over 62 years. Born in Milwaukee, he was the son of the late Peter and Anna Sompel Buranich. Sam...
Denise Lohmann
Jan 20, 2015
Denise Lohmann of Tunkhannock died Tuesday in the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. She was born in Newark, NJ on November 11, 1960 daughter of the late Thomas Hill and Ramona Burke Hill Urbanis. Denise was a 1978 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and had worked at the Flagship in Atlantic City and at Epicurean Delight in Falls. She was preceded in...
Richard E. Miller
Jan 20, 2015
Richard E. Miller, Clarks Summit died Tuesday morning at his home. He was the widower of Edith O'Connor Miller who died November 8, 2011. Born in Maine, he was the son of the late Ellsworth and Evelyn Miller. Prior to retirement he worked for Empire Landfill. He was a member of Our Lady of the Snows Church and belonged to...
Stacy Lynn Smales
Jan 19, 2015
Stacy L. Smales, 34, passed away on Monday, Jan 19, in Scranton. She is the daughter of Kathy and Ralph Mason of Fultonham, New York and the late Jeff Siock of Scranton. She was a 1998 graduate of Tunkhannock High School, and was employed as a sales clerk at Gerrity's Supermarket. She is survived by her wonderful children Kennedy and...
Audrey Dunlop White
Jan 19, 2015
Audrey Dunlop White, age 90, died Monday in the VNA Home and Hospice Unit of Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton. She was a long time resident of Clarks Summit. Born Audrey Eileen Dunlop to Mary and Robert Dunlop of Clarks Summit, she graduated from Clarks Summit High School and Scranton-Keystone Junior College. Audrey married James F. White in 1944....
John F. Fayocavitz
Jan 18, 2015
John F. Fayocavitz, of Ransom Twp.; died Sunday morning at the VNA Hospice Unit at Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton. He was surrounded by his loving family. His wife is the former Lorraine Huggler, the couple had been married for 62 years. Born in Taylor he was the son of the late Edward and Anna Samsock Fayocavitz. He was...
Robert W. Place
Jan 17, 2015
Robert W. Place, 74, of Meshoppen, passed away on January 17, 2015. He was the youngest son of the late John Easton and Bessie Sullivan Place. Robert graduated from Tunkhannock High School and attended Penn State University after winning the county scholarship. He then served in the Air Force. He worked for many years in Chicago as a computer programmer...
Geraldine M. Hayes
Jan 17, 2015
Geraldine M. Brink Hayes, 86, of Clarks Summit, died Saturday morning at Mt. View Care Center in Scranton. Her first husband was the late William F. Brink who died in 1968. She was later wed to Edward Hayes who died in 2005. Born in Taylor she was the daughter of the late Howard and Anna Jones Marsh. She was a...
Catherine M. Hutch
Jan 16, 2015
Catherine M. Hutch Catherine M. Hutch of Tunkhannock died Friday evening at the Golden Livening Center in Tunkhannock. She was born in Wilkes-Barre on November 5, 1930 daughter of the late Stanley and Margaret Williams Stefanski. She was a member of the Tunkhannock Moose Lodge and St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Tunkhannock. Preceding her in death was her Husband Harry...


